Door holder



Oct. 14 A924.

W. ROBERTS DOOR HOLDER 2 Sheets-Shoe t. 1

Filed March 14, 1923 INVENTOR ,4 TTORNE Y8 WRObQVlS, M

Oct; 14 192-1,

w. ROBERTS noon 110mm Filgd March 14 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES "F!I 1 I Patented @ct. 14, 1924.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM ROBERTS, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

DOOR HOLDER.

Application filed March 14, 1923. Serial No. 625,073.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Springneld, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in door holders, and it consists inthe combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described andclaimed.

An object of my invent-ion is to provide a door holder of novel andsimple construction which affords facilities for holding a door open atany desired angle to the frame to which attached. 7

A further object of my invention is to provide a. device of thecharacter described which is adapted to be operatively applied to a doorand frame construction without any departure from the conventional beingrequired in the latter, and which is thoroughly practical commercially.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and the novel features of the invention will beparticularly outlined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this application, in which l Fig. 1 is a. horizontal sectional viewtaken along the line 11 of Fig.2,

Fig. 2 is av fragmentary side elevation of a door and a frameconstruction, showing a practical embodiment of the inventionoperatively applied thereto,

Fig. 3 is a group view, showing in perspective the separate elements ofthe embodiment of the invention illustrated in the preceding views,together with a fragmentary portion of a door,

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section through a fragmentary portionof the device and through an adjacent portion of a supporting frame, and

Fig. 5 is a section through a fragmentary portion of a. door and throughthe adjacent portion of the device applied thereto.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference numeralsdesignate like parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1designates a door which is hingedly attached along one side edge, as at2, to a vertical member 3 which constitutes a part of a door frameincluding an upper horizontal member or lintel 4. The parts described sofar are of ordinary construction, the door 1 being supported in themanner described to swing outwardly from the full line positionillustrated in Fig. l, to the dotted line position of the same view.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a member 5 in the form of asubstantially flat bar curved uniformly throughout its length so thatthe inner and outer side walls thereof coincide with arcs of concentriccireles. The bar member 5 is provided at one end with an integral rightangular portion 6 which is curved from the longitudinal median linethereof toward its side edges so that the outer face thereof issubstantially arcuate in cross sectional contour and the longitudinalmedian portion thereof extends beyond the plane of the side edges 2thereof at the juncture of the latter with the bar 5, as best seen inFig. 5.

The portion 6 of the bar 5 constitutes the means for attaching thelatter to the door 1 and to this end is provided with bolt-receivingopenings 7 which are formed through the attaching portion 6 at spacedapart points located approximately equi-distant from the side edges ofthe attaching portion. Bolts 8 or like fastening elements are projectedthrough the openings 7 and through the door 1 and are threadedly engagedat their ends by nuts 9 clamping washers 10 against the side of the dooropposite that contacted by the attaching portion 6, whereby the bodyportion of the bar 5 will be supported upon the door to lie in ahorizontal plane. It is to be observed at this point that the portionsof the bolts 9 extending through the openings 7 are cut away slightly atopposite sides thereof, as indicated at 11-l1 in Fig. 5 so that slightlateral oscillation of the body portion of the bar 5 is possible inrespect to the axes of the bolts 8.

In practice, the bar 5 is attached to the inner side of the dooradjacent to the upper end of the latte-r and at a predetermined distancefrom the side edge of the door which is hingedly attached to the doorframe, which distance is preferably the same as the radius about whichan arc coinciding with the inner wall of the body portion of the bar 5is struck. A guide and carrier frame indicated generally at 12 in Fig.4, is attached to the lint-e1 4 of the door frame in position to engagethe body p0rtion of the bar 5 at all times irrespective of the extent ofopening movement of the door, as will be understood from the following.The guide and carrier frame 12 preferably comprises a bearing plate 13which has the form of a parallelogram, and a second plate or fiat body14 which coincides in contour with the plate 13 and is adapted to bespaced from the latter by integrallugs 15 which are preferably formedat. the corners ofthe plate 14. to extend laterally of. one facethereof.

The body or plate 14 is provided with openings extending through the.lugs. 15 axially of the latter, asindicatedat 16, which openingsrespectively register with corresponding openings 17 oftheplate 13,whereby the plates 14 and 13 will be connected together and. held in.spaced relation and both plates will be: held against movementrelatively to each other and to the lintel 4 when bolts 18' areprojected through the registering openings from the outer side of theplate 14 and are engaged at their ends with the lintel 4 in any suitableknown manner.

With the organization described, the body portion of the bar 5 ispermitted to slide freely between the spaced apart plates 14 and 13 andbetween the pairs ofspacing lugs 15 at opposite ends of the plate 14although no appreciable lateral movement of the body portion of the bar5 relatively to the guide frame including the plates 13 and 14, asdescribed, is permitted.

The plate 14 has a longitudinal slot or elongated opening 19therethrough extending longitudinally thereof and from the outer face ofthe plate 14 at opposite sides of the slot 19 extend integral lugs orear portions 20-20, between. which is interinediately pivoted at. 21 alatch member 22 having a portion thereof adapted to move through theslot 19 into engagement with the proximate side of the body portion ofthe bar 5. The end portion of the pivoted latch member 22 which ismovable through the slot 19, is tapered and fashioned to provide a rel:-atively sharp edge 23 which is designed to engage angular notches 24provided in the proximate side or face of. the body portion of the bar 5at intervals along the length thereof in such manner as to permit movement of the body portion of the bar 5 in one direction relatively to theguide frame and to releasably hold the body portion of the bar 5 againstmovement in the opposite direction relatively to the guide frame. Thenotches 24 include a substantially straight side and an inclined side.These notches are arranged in the body portion of the bar 5 in theembodiment of the invention illus trated, so that the door 1 ispermitted to swing freely toward open position, the end portion 23 ofthe pivoted latch 22 riding over the inclined sides of the spacednotches, but the door is releasably held against. movement toward closedposition upon the engagement of the pivoted latch member 22 with any oneof the notches 24. The end por- '0 tion of the latch member 22 remotefrom the bar engaging portion 23 is enlarged, as indicated at 25, sothat the heavier end portion 25 will be actuated by gravity to swingdownwardly and thus. hold. the. end. portion 23 continuously in contactwith the body portion of the bar 5.. Theendv of the portion 25 may beserrated as indicated at 26,. or otherwise fashioned. to frictionallyengage thehand or an implement moved against. the end. portion 25 for.the purposev of. forcing the latter upwardly to effect the release ofthe body portion of; the bar 5 when it is desired to movev the door 1from. an open position to closed. position.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. It will be apparent that adoor of a door and. frame construction equipped withv myinvention can bepositively held in open position. at any one of a plurality of. angularrelations to the frame. Thedevice: is appliedto the inner side of a doorand frame construction and at the upper end of the latter, so; that itoffers no obstruction to operation of a door in the usual; manner andfatthe same time is protected from injury which might be occasioned eitheraccidentally or through intent. Another important feature arises fromthe fact that no strain is occasioned on the device when the door to.which appliedv is moved to open: position. through the exercise ofexcessive force, or is closedin a like manner when the body portion ofthe bar 5: is disengaged by the latch. member. The device is thereforenot liable to get out of order easily and will. last a long time in theservice for which intended.

Obviously, my invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other thanthat de. scribed herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and I therefore consider as my own, all modifications and adaptations.of the form herein shown as fairly fall within the spirit of. theinvention and the scope: of the appended claim.

A device of the character described. c'onrprising a holding bar having acurved. 101% gitud'na-l body and an attaching portion at one end of thebod-y, said attaching portion extendin at right angles to the planeofthe body, being arcuately curved in. cross sectional. contour andbeing provided with spaced bolt receiving openings located along 7 thelongitudinal medianline thereof, bolts 7 extending through'a door andthrough said bolt receiving openings of the attaching portionv to attachsaid holding'bar tofthelao and in which the body of the holding bar isslidable, and means carried by the guide frame for adjustably engagingthe body of the holding bar at desired points along the length of thelatter to releasably hold the door against swinging movement in onedirection.

WILLIAM ROBERTS.

